Orchids 2023

[Happypaphy7]

that colorful lowii!!!

 

[Justin]

A few updates--a lot more roths to come!

Paph. gratrixianum. Plant originally from Tenman, in a couple pots.



A few nice little seedlings from a flask of lowii 'New Horizon' x 'Grand Masterpiece'





Here's a preview of a nice roth. Sam's Choice x MM Best. This grex produces very dark flowers, but they tend to be small with not great form. A couple I have bloomed are peloric or worse. But this one, while small, actually has pretty nice form!

 

[Tom-DE]

Nice Roth. indeed! What is the LS of the lovely lowii?

 

[annica.jarvela]

Justin, your first lowii has quite dark dorsal.
That roth is very colorful, a real beauty!

What does that LS mean?

Then a question to Guru, if I may? Are you going to go to the Dresden Orchid Show next week. It's from Thu to Sun.?

 

[Justin]

Nice Roth. indeed! What is the LS of the lovely lowii?

Here is a view of the lowii plants from a month ago (@annica.jarvela LS refers to leaf size). They are in a 12" x 24" tray for reference.

These seedlings are 9 years out of flask. The first one bloomed last year. I have found that lowii is a little slow to mature (takes about twice as long as haynaldianum to mature). Although they can bloom on small plants, once they bloom a couple times this species can go on to stay relatively compact or get VERY large). So I am going to have to pick a few keepers because I won't have room for all of them when they get big.

 

[GuRu]

Justin, from the beginning with P. gratrixianum until the end P. rothschildianum...you show really stunning flowers in your post #182.
Nice to see by your P. lowii seedling how siblings of the same cross vary in shape and colouration. That's very impressive.

 

[GuRu]

......Then a question to Guru, if I may? Are you going to go to the Dresden Orchid Show next week. It's from Thu to Sun.?

Annica, Dresden is a 'must go' for me and a friend and we've been there regularly from the beginnings many years ago. We plan to go there on Thursday.

...What does that LS mean?....

LS means leafspan.

 

[Happypaphy7]

I love lowii for its colorful and graceful flowers. Too big of a plant for sure for me.

 

[My Green Pets]

Gratrixianum may be my favorite of the small Paph species. Wonderful.

 

[annica.jarvela]

Annica, Dresden is a 'must go' for me and a friend and we've been there regularly from the beginnings many years ago. We plan to go there on Thursday.


LS means leafspan.

I wanted to go too, but I can't right now. Hopefully next year. Gute Reise, have a nice trip. Grűsse dein Freund. Do you live far from Dresden?

 

[Ozpaph]

nice pouch colour on the roth

 

[GuRu]

I wanted to go too, but I can't right now. Hopefully next year. Gute Reise, have a nice trip. Grűsse dein Freund. Do you live far from Dresden?

Danke Annica, I live about 260 km away from Dresden, so this isn't too far and I will forward your greetings to my friend. Thanks.

 

[annica.jarvela]

Hi Justin, your lowii plants look great. So, four of them have flowered, or three are blooming now. The highest/longest spike looks very dark, It`s exciting! Yes, that is a pity that they can get so big. They take up a lot of room, you keep the best ones! They have a nice variation of their flowers.
Thank you again for explaining the leaf span.

 

[annica.jarvela]

GuRu, Danke schön for explaining that LS for me.
Bitte schön. I have friends in various places in Germany. One lives in Heuchelheim. Most of them were working on my parent's farm as apprentices a long time ago. We stay connected. 260km is not bad. Ca 3 hour's trip.
BTW, darf ich fragen, heisst du Gunter?

 

[Guldal]

Lovely, just lovely, Justin!

(And, maybe, just a tad beckoning to the Green-eyed Monster! )

I came to your thread with a slight delay, so otherwise just a few belated remarks:

I love your clone of Roth 'Borneo' - a wonderful, classic reminder of the natural beauty of Roths, before linebreeding took off infinetesimal!

That said, your 'Canadian Club' ain't too bad, either! (Rex in its background? - bicoloured pouch)

And, lastly, had you been on this side of the pond, I would have pestered you incessantly for a division of your Sam's Choice x MM Best!
The flowers of this cross may not be as large as others (at least at this stage), but they are in my book some of the overall most harmonious of Roth-flowers.
My own clone of this cross - as so many other of my plants, alas, sadly went to orchid heaven after six weeks of neglect during my first round of Covid

Maybe, you would allow for just one more airing of pleasures long last lost:


Most kind regards,
Jens

 

[annica.jarvela]

As Guldal said, I might be pestering you too Justin.

Lovely, just lovely, Justin!

(And, maybe, just a tad beckoning to the Green-eyed Monster! )

I came to your thread with a slight delay, so otherwise just a few belated remarks:

I love your clone of Roth 'Borneo' - a wonderful, classic reminder of the natural beauty of Roths, before linebreeding took off infinetesimal!

That said, your 'Canadian Club' ain't too bad, either! (Rex in its background? - bicoloured pouch)

And, lastly, had you been on this side of the pond, I would have pestered you incessantly for a division of your Sam's Choice x MM Best!
The flowers of this cross may not be as large as others (at least at this stage), but they are in my book some of the overall most harmonious of Roth-flowers.
My own clone of this cross - as so many other of my plants, alas, sadly went to orchid heaven after six weeks of neglect during my first round of Covid

Maybe, you would allow for just one more airing of pleasures long last lost:
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Most kind regards,
Jens

As Guldal said, I might me pestering you too, Justin.

 

[annica.jarvela]

Guru, I apologize. I think I wrote that wrong. It's Gunther oder nicht?

 

[Guldal]

Guru, I apologize. I think I wrote that wrong. It's Gunther oder nicht?

It's Rudolf!

 

[annica.jarvela]

Oh, so his name is Rudolf. Are you two friends?

May I ask, what kind of orchids do you grow, Guldal?

 

[Justin]

Lovely, just lovely, Justin!

(And, maybe, just a tad beckoning to the Green-eyed Monster! )

I came to your thread with a slight delay, so otherwise just a few belated remarks:

I love your clone of Roth 'Borneo' - a wonderful, classic reminder of the natural beauty of Roths, before linebreeding took off infinetesimal!

That said, your 'Canadian Club' ain't too bad, either! (Rex in its background? - bicoloured pouch)

And, lastly, had you been on this side of the pond, I would have pestered you incessantly for a division of your Sam's Choice x MM Best!
The flowers of this cross may not be as large as others (at least at this stage), but they are in my book some of the overall most harmonious of Roth-flowers.
My own clone of this cross - as so many other of my plants, alas, sadly went to orchid heaven after six weeks of neglect during my first round of Covid

Maybe, you would allow for just one more airing of pleasures long last lost:
View attachment 39194View attachment 39195

Most kind regards,
Jens

What a fantastic roth! One of the very best I have seen from this cross indeed. I am sorry to hear you lost it, but at least hopefully your health has recovered.

Canadian Club from the Tokyo Orchid Nursery cross of 'Val' x 'Mont Millais'. Val is from Charles E. x Borneo.

And I agree with you about roth 'Borneo'. Even today it is a remarkable and beautiful roth. I love the rich color and majestic presentation on the spike.